Managers of Wealth Offshore

New Heads Of Agreement For Management Of Baha Mar

CFTE operates over 60 hotels worldwide and has gaming investments and operations in Australia and other developments around the world.

GCC desire for innovation together with robust financial regulation on the agenda for Jersey Finance event

The event has seen the launch of a joint Jersey Finance and Hubbis white paper on "Driving forces behind HNW investors" examining trends and developments in the GCC.

Morgan Sharpe rebrands to Estera

The deal completed on Friday 28 April and will see Morgan Sharpe, rebranded under the Estera name to become Estera Administration (Guernsey) Limited.

Offshore wealth: Tax amnesty to lure back money opposed

Mainstream political parties that have a presence in parliament on Wednesday opposed the government’s move to offer a tax amnesty scheme in order to lure Pakistanis who have stashed money abroad to bring their wealth back. The government put to tes

HMRC Still Suspects QROPS Are Breaking Pension Rules

The measure suggests HMRC believes some providers or jurisdictions have wrongly signed off they meet UK QROPS rules.

Update on UK Domicile and Tax of Offshore Trusts

The Chartered Institute of Taxation has indicated that these changes likely will be introduced following the election

Inaugural Guernsey Private Investment Funds launched

The PIF recognises that certain investment funds are characterised by a relationship between management and investors that is closer than that of a typical agent.

Hawsford can now provide trust services in Singapore, having secured a trust licence.

Generations of clients take confidence in our technical expertise and personalised approach.

Merger Dissenters Prevail in Cayman Islands Grand Court Ruling

The Court concluded that the merger price (i.e. the amount offered to shareholders as consideration for the take-private) was too low.

Guernsey publishes Digital Sector Strategic Framework

This framework will support government and business as they look to capitalise on the significant opportunities that exist in this fast-growing sector in the years to come.

Hong Kong: Update on automatic exchange of financial information

Update on automatic exchange of financial information (AEOI) partners

GFSC Publishes its Business Plan for 2017/18

This business plan sets out our programme of work for the period 1 April 2017 to 31 March 2018.

Your Taxes: Why the Banks are Cranky

In March 2014, the Bank of Israel issued an instruction to Israeli banks to comply with FATCA.

Bob Bail-Out Debtors Block Property Access

The Bank of the Bahamas ‘bail out’ saw 13 ‘bad’ loans transferred from its balance sheet to Bahamas Resolve, in exchange for $100 million in government promissory notes (bonds).

TISE gains recognition from German regulator, BaFin

The application to BaFin was supported by the German Investment Funds Association, BVI (Bundesverband Investment und Asset Management).

New Jersey and Guernsey Private Funds Regimes

In this situation a more informal and flexible regulatory regime may be appropriate for the fund and its investors.

Ghana, Czech sign Double Taxation Agreement

It will also eliminate the incidence where income from both countries are taxed twice and as well as increase Ghana’s Exchange of Information network

‘Panama Papers’ project wins Pulitzer

Journalists in 80 countries worked together to investigate 11.5 million files leaked from inside Mossack Fonseca, a Panama-headquartered law firm that specialized in building offshore companies.

Time to close down Gibraltar, major part of criminal network

A glance at the map immediately reveals the strategic value of the tiny territory, especially to an empire like Britain’s

Swiss Federal Prosecutors' Office Wants To Speed Up International Tax Assistance Procedures

The Lead Swiss Federal Prosecutor, Mr. Michael Lauber, therefore pleads for more efficiency and speed.

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